Pub Date : 2018-12-24DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9419
L. Rizzi, M. Tassieri
Read the full text PDFPDF Tools Share Abstract A great number of important biological phenomena that occur in living organisms demand energy transduction processes that critically depend on the viscoelastic properties of their constituent building blocks, such as cytoplasm, microtubules, and motor proteins. Accordingly, several techniques have been developed to characterize biological systems with complex mechanical properties at micron‐ and nano‐length scales; these are now part of an established field of study known as Microrheology. In this article, we provide an overview of the theoretical principles underpinning the most popular experimental techniques used in such fields, including video particle tracking, dynamic light scattering, diffusing wave spectroscopy, optical and magnetic tweezers, and atomic force microscopy. We report examples of both active and passive microrheology techniques and discuss their applications in the study of biological specimens, where the use of small volumes in controlled environments and the intrinsic heterogeneities of the samples can be critical conditions to both perform and interpret the experiments.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-24DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.A9607
Haorong Li, Jiangjiang Zhu, Jane E. Hill
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Pub Date : 2018-09-18DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9649
A. Simionovici, L. Lemelle
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Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.A9547
S. Falke, H. Brognaro, C. Betzel
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Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.A9620
Bauzá‐Martinez Julia, E. Oliveira
{"title":"Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry of Peptides and Proteins","authors":"Bauzá‐Martinez Julia, E. Oliveira","doi":"10.1002/9780470027318.A9620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470027318.A9620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":119970,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115594600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.A9580
H. Bergman, K. D. Duncan, Ingela Lanekoff
Over the past few decades, the chemical characterization of single cells has improved immensely. In particular, mass spectrometry (MS) has pioneered direct analysis of metabolites, lipids, and pept ...
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Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9652
M. Yoshikawa
{"title":"Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy of Semiconductor","authors":"M. Yoshikawa","doi":"10.1002/9780470027318.a9652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470027318.a9652","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":119970,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116634556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9265
Zhongwen Wang
{"title":"Mercury Speciation in Foods","authors":"Zhongwen Wang","doi":"10.1002/9780470027318.a9265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470027318.a9265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":119970,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132745330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-09-12DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.A9653
Erhan Tütüncü, B. Mizaikoff
{"title":"Instrumentation and Applications of Cascade Laser Spectroscopy","authors":"Erhan Tütüncü, B. Mizaikoff","doi":"10.1002/9780470027318.A9653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470027318.A9653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":119970,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry","volume":"629 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117088639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}